Most Popular Books by Jonathan Allen

A one word story in which a mischievous monkey shares his bananas, causing trouble for his friends.

The race is on for the Gingerbread Bunny. Can he outwit and outrun his pursuers or will he meet a sticky end?

When the little red hen is busy growing wheat, cutting it, and making bread, all of the barnyard animals refuse to help because they are lazy, but become very interested in the finished product.

Poetry. Art. A collaborative book project by poet Anselm Berrigan and artist Jonathan Allen.

Children''s literature continues to receive growing scholarly attention, and this is due, in part, to the increased awareness of the complexity of these works and their importance in the curriculum. While some books may become classics and continue to be read long after their publication, others are the product of contemporary society and reflect the changing values of modern American culture. So, too, those titles that have been singled out for recognition reveal the standards of awards committees. This reference is a guide to works of American children''s fiction that have won awards between 1995 and 1999. Some of the books were published before that period, and thus their recent recognition affirms their enduring value. Included are more than 750 alphabetically arranged entries for authors, titles, characters, and settings related to nearly 250 books. Entries for novels provide plot summaries and critical commentary, while those for authors give biographical information. The volume demonstrates the growing number of multicultural novels and books about nontraditional families, while it also shows the continuing importance of historical fiction and the waning appeal of traditional adventure novels. While the volume will be valuable to librarians and teachers and to scholars of children''s literature, it will also be useful to anyone interested in these works as a commentary on American culture at the close of the twentieth century.

No matter which forest of trees the beast called Hate emerges...he is evil. Humans are often fooled into believing that only the beast from the "other" forest is evil...to find out that the beast is the same no matter which forest he emerges from. And the beast is evil.

The numbers from one to ten are illustrated by simple rhymes such as "two making stew" and "eight on a gate".

Poems, punning descriptions, and captioned cartoons depict such peculiar phenomena as a bottle of mousewash, a chicken in thigh-length boots, and a man being frogged to death.

Determined to have the three little pigs for his dinner, the wolf tries all sorts of disguises to get into their house. Suggested level: preschool, junior.

"An interesting environment I have not seen done before in my 28 years of reading fantasy; dungeon crawling as a form of entertainment akin to football. Humorous and light, a joy for any tabletop RPG player I''m sure." -Austin Koepp, Author of Valhalla Forever. You think you had a bad day at work? It was just another Tuesday morning at the ol'' grind for Tk''char, a Master Mason at Dungeon Corp. At least that''s what he thought when he teleported into the dungeon to begin repairs, after a party of adventurers had made a giant mess of the place the night before. Only today, when he was trying to have a little private time to relieve himself of too much morning coffee, a giant black dragon burst out of a hallway and snatched him up, thinking he looked like the biggest, most delicious half-ork flavored donut it had ever seen! This time, they had gone too far. How could he work in such a toxic environment? The answer is simple, right? Just follow in the footsteps of his famous grandfather, become a great Warrior. But, who is he to be an adventurer? He has a family that relies on him, and Warrior school is so expensive! But is this it? Is being a corporate drone really all there is to his life? The Truth About Dragons follows Tk''char as he finds the truth about how to live the life he wants to live, and not the one he''s been told that he is supposed to.

What if we could see that the "other" is really "us?" What if local, regional and global narratives celebrated our differences--all of them: language, skin color, ethnic heritage, traditions, religious beliefs etc... Our variety (diversity) is the spice of life and what makes this a truly rich and beautiful planet. At the same time, however, we share so much more in common than our differences. What if we embraced our shared, common humanity? There would be no "other" to hate.

Rhyming text describes the colorful clothes that a cat puts on as it gets dressed.

Six chickens have disappeared, and Detective Hubert Hound with assistant Reg are on the case. 4-7 yrs.